I want to give myself totally to Him…I want to live no longer but for Him.
THERESE OF LISIEUXIf I did not simply live from one moment to another, it would be impossible for me to be patient, but I only look at the present, I forget the past, and I take good care not to forestall the future.
More Therese of Lisieux Quotes
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I am very far from practicing what I understand.
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My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love.
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Nothing’s done well when it’s done out of self-interest.
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Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else.
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Silence does good to the soul.
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Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.
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The guest of our soul knows our misery; He comes to find an empty tent within us – that is all He asks.
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Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace.
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It is love alone that counts.
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Look at Him while He is looking at you.
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I prefer to be accused unjustly, for then I have nothing to reproach myself with, and joyfully offer this to the good Lord. Then I humble myself at the thought that I am indeed capable of doing the thing of which I have been accused.
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The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of it’s scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness.
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When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.
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Discouragement itself is a form of pride.
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For me, prayer is an upward leap of the heart, an untroubled glance towards heaven, a cry of gratitude and love which I utter from the depths of sorrow as well as from the heights of joy.
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